Chinese Sword Ming Dynasty Emperor YongLe's Jian Folded Steel Clay Tempered 8 Side Twisted-Grained Blade

This sword design fllowed the sword of "Yongle". Yongle was a hero of the third Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle (1402-1424), who moved the Capital City of China from Nanjing to the present location of Beijing.This sword, equipped with a lion face design. It has fittings adorned with a combination of Chinese and Tibetan-style design motifs. The blade is eight-sided and is highly polished twisted-grained forge folded steel with clay tempered, the folding pattern is clearly visible. The hamon is authentic all the way up to the tip. The scabbard has been constructed from imported ebondy with top quality brass fittings. The sword, for the Ming Royal swordsmith elaborate workmanship is exquisite, generous style Hunpu, vivid and moving, noble elegant decoration is a great work of art. 

Chinese Sword Ming Dynasty Emperor YongLe's Jian Folded Steel Clay Tempered Eight Side Twisted-Grained Blade Features:

• Emperor YongLe's Jian (剑) Sword, Ming Dynasty, China
• Eight-sided twisted-grained folded steel clay tempered blade
• Full tang, hand polished
• Beautiful grain pattern (HADA) with visible layers, real hamon
• Top quality brass lion face design guard, brass fittings
• Imported ebondy wood handle, scabbard
• Package includes a free sword bag 

Jian (剑) Size:

• Overall length: 95 cm
• Blade length: 65 cm
• Blade width: 45 cm
• Blade thickness: 1 cm
• Weight: 2.6 kg
• Net weight : 1.85 kg